Rufous-booted Racket-tail vs Dusky-throated Hermit

Ocreatus addae ile kıyaslandığında Phaethornis squalidus

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Rufous-booted Racket-tail Dusky-throated Hermit
Bilimsel Ad Ocreatus addae Phaethornis squalidus
Takım Caprimulgiformes Caprimulgiformes
Familya Trochilidae Trochilidae
Koruma Durumu Not Evaluated Least Concern
Uzunluk
Kanat Açıklığı 9,5 cm (3.7 in)
Ağırlık 3,0 g (0.11 oz) 3,0 g (0.11 oz)
Beslenme Nectarivore of Bolivian and Peruvian cloud forest; visits Ericaceae and bromeliads. Gleans small insects from … Feeds mainly on floral nectar, hovering at flowers; catches small arthropods for protein, especially during …
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 2 2
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Rufous-booted Racket-tail only

Hiçbiri

Dusky-throated Hermit only

Hiçbiri

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Şarkı

Deep, resonant hum barely audible; extremely low vibration barely perceptible during hovering near high-altitude flowers.

Dusky-throated Hermit

Şarkı

Soft, flowing trill with liquid quality; gentle modulation of tone creating pleasant musical effect in humid forest shade.

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Geographic Range & Migration

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Found in cloud forests of northern Bolivia and adjacent Peru and Brazil at 400–1,400 m elevation.

Dusky-throated Hermit

Found in southeastern Brazil in the Atlantic Forest from Bahia south to São Paulo. Resident in dense humid forest up to 1,200 m.

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Koruma Durumu

Not Evaluated

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Least Concern

Dusky-throated Hermit

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

Tuy

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet: tiny; males with brilliant orange-gold belly; violet gorget; females green above; spotted buff below

Dusky-throated Hermit

Tuy

Tiny; green-bronze upperparts; pale buff underparts; dusky grey-brown throat contrasting with paler belly; pale supercilium; white-tipped elongated central tail feathers; small hermit with distinctively darkened throat region.

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About These Birds

Rufous-booted Racket-tail

A small hummingbird (8-10 cm plus tail rackets) found in Andean cloud forests of southeastern Peru and Bolivia at 1,200-2,200 m. Males have rufous leg puffs instead of white. Recently split from Booted Racket-tail. Nectarivore of montane forest undergrowth.

Dusky-throated Hermit

A small hermit hummingbird (9-10 cm) found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Dusky throat with fine streaking, green upperparts, and rufous underparts. Nectarivore of forest undergrowth. Visits small flowers of Costus and Heliconia. An Atlantic Forest endemic.

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